And here are the pictures. The weather was amazing. Only a day and a half of rain in 7 days. The river was somewhat high from the previous week when we arrived then dropped and cleared from Sunday to Wednesday when it rained. We generally fished with spoons and spinners until we were within a couple of fish of our limit then got out the fly rods. On Monday, I think Angie hooked about 8 fish on the Peace rod. She lost the first three then got the hang of setting the hook, getting the fish on the reel, and leaving her hand out of the way of the reel handle on the runs and jumps. Ryan hooked three fish on fly rods but was not able to land one. We all caught plenty of salmon however, many in the 10 to 15 pound class. I had one take out a full fly line, 120’ of shooting line and get into the backing before it went around a bend in the river and broke off. We could not get on the boat fast enough to chase it.
Peace Rod getting a workout!
First fish landed on the Peace rod (11 lb hen coho)
Angie with her big buck on
Angie’s first salmon on a fly rod. A 15 lb buck on the Peace Rod.
The trip was a blast! We limited out most days (three fish apiece) and caught a few more which we released. Between the three of us we came home with almost 250 pounds of fillets.
Thanks for building the rod. It is going to be great at Christmas Island.
Jeff
This is what building rods is all about, the adventure, action and the joy of success!!!!!
